Insights and Stories on Cereals

Paterson stakes Manitoba site for oat processing plant

Oct. 3, 2019 at 9:41 pm CDT

Up to a quarter million tonnes of oats per year could find a new end use as a Winnipeg agrifood company sets up a new oat processing plant near its home base. Privately-held Paterson GlobalFoods (PGF) announced Thursday it will start construction “immediately” on the new plant, on part of […]

Feed weekly outlook: Snowfall boosts spot barley bids

Oct. 3, 2019 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

University’s ‘Beefier Barley’ billboard binned

Oct. 1, 2019 at 8:30 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Cash wheat: CWRS follows Minneapolis futures higher

Sep. 27, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

Sep. 26, 2019 at 5:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Spring wheat futures rally on North American weather woes

Sep. 25, 2019 at 6:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Weather-related quality issues with North American spring wheat crops saw Minneapolis spring wheat futures rally sharply over the past three weeks, with more room to the upside as concerns mount over the state of the crop. The December contract hit a multi-year low of $4.865 per bushel at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality

Sep. 20, 2019 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Excessively wet conditions in the northern U.S. Plains and Canadian Prairies have hurt the quality of the region’s spring and durum wheat crops, potentially tightening supplies of top grades of the grains, handlers and agronomists said. Rains and heavy dew have slowed the harvest and, worse, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Cash wheat: Bids up with U.S. futures, weak loonie

Sep. 20, 2019 at 4:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures, weakness in the Canadian dollar and concerns over harvest delays in Western Canada all provided support. The Canadian dollar was down by roughly a third of a cent relative to its […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Market not bottomed yet

Sep. 20, 2019 at 1:41 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Falling feed grain prices in Western Canada have not hit the bottom just yet, especially as harvest delays lead to quality downgrades. “I would say it’s coming down quite a bit more,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. The barley and wheat harvests are running behind […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cash wheat: Bids get support from U.S. gains

Sep. 13, 2019 at 7:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were higher for the week ended Thursday, with gains in CWRS, CPSR and CWAD wheats in all locations. The Canadian dollar was up by more than a 10th of a cent on the week, which tempered gains. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm